Papa Annan Swanzy (middle) with other disappointed family members in court yesterday
THE HOPES of the family members of the lady who was murdered in Mankessim recently, to witness the continuation of the case in court yesterday, were dashed when information came in that the case had been adjourned to November 22, 2022.
The three suspects, Christopher Ekow Clarke Quansah, 65, Tufuhene of Akwakrom, Michael Darko, 48, a self-styled pastor and Jonathan Obeng, 26, a mason, were also absent in court.
The three suspects are before the Cape Coast District Court ‘2’ for their alleged involvement in killing Georgina Asor Botchwey, a prospective nursing student.
They have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and murder, contrary to section 46 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1980, Act 29.
At the last sitting, the court adjourned the case to yesterday with the hope that the police would have completed their investigation in the case by that time.
However, yesterday, the case was not called and the suspects were also absent in court. Meanwhile, no reason was given except that it has been adjourned to November 22, 2022.
Family Not Happy
Speaking to journalists after the court had done with its cases for the day, the linguist of the deceased’s family, Papa Annan Swanzy, said he was disappointed about the absence of the suspects in court yesterday.
“First and foremost, we are very disappointed about the way the prosecution is handling the case. They adjourned the case to today, but we were here and nobody told us anything.
“I had a call from my nephew who is a military man who told me that he has gathered that the suspects could not be in court and that the case would be adjourned. In fact, the whole situation is being dragged,” he asserted.
No Fuel
He told journalists that when he later approached the prosecutor in the case, DSP Daniel Gadzo, to find out why the suspects were not in court, the prosecutor indicated that they could not get money to buy fuel to transport the suspects from Accra to Cape Coast.
FROM Emmanuel Opoku, Cape Coast